Graves Build Guide in Wild Rift

Graves excels as a jungling Marksman, maintaining prowess across all game stages and notably outperforming in the late game. Unlike typical junglers, whose effectiveness tends to wane, Graves defies the norm with his consistent performance.

With his AoE and sustained damage, Graves quickly clears jungles and can recover from an early bad fight. His durability and mobility as a Marksman are notable. To leverage Graves' strengths and mitigate his weaknesses, follow this guide.

Graves Champion Build Guide in Wild Rift

I - Equipment Build for Graves in Wild Rift

1. The Black Cleaver - A core item for Graves

As a resilient Marksman, Graves benefits from Quickdraw (3), which boosts his Armor. The Black Cleaver enhances this by adding 30 physical damage, 350 HP, and a 20% cooldown reduction.

The key feature of Black Cleaver is its passive, shredding 4% of the target's Armor for 6 seconds, stacking up to 6 times for a total of 24% reduction.

2. Gluttonous Greaves - The Greedy Boots

Opt for Gluttonous Greaves to enhance lifesteal, granting Graves prolonged survivability in team fights.

3. Phantom Dancer - A mid-game damage amplifier for Graves, providing 25% critical rate, 45% attack speed, and 5% movement speed. Its passive grants a shield when health drops below 35%.

4. Death's Dance - The ultimate item for maximizing Graves' damage output and survivability, offering 300 HP, 35 AD, 10% lifesteal, and a 10% cooldown reduction.

Death's Dance introduces a 'Cauterize' effect, turning 30% of the inflicted damage on your target into a bleed over 3 seconds, overwhelming enemy marksmen.

5. Youmuu's Ghostblade - Grants 50 movement speed on reaching 100 stacks, with basic attacks dealing additional magic damage, perfect for immediate lifesteal. It also provides 50 AD, 10 armor penetration, and a 10% cooldown reduction.

6. Guardian Angel - Offers Graves 40 armor, 45 AD, and a 'Resurrect' passive, restoring 50% HP and 30% mana upon death, with a 3-minute cooldown. Ideal for late-game durability.

7. Upgrade Gluttonous Greaves with Quicksilver Enchant for an active effect that instantly removes all crowd control effects, ensuring Graves remains unstoppable.

8. Recommended Gear for Graves in Wild Rift

- For teams with many Fighters: Black Cleaver, Phantom Dancer, Gluttonous Greaves, Infinity Edge, Deaths Dance, and Bloodthirster. - Against Assassin-heavy teams: Black Cleaver, Phantom Dancer, Gluttonous Greaves, Deaths Dance, Rapid Firecannon, and Guardian Angel. - When facing lots of Mages: Black Cleaver, Phantom Dancer, Gluttonous Greaves, Maw of Malmortius, Infinity Edge, and Guardian Angel. - To counter tank-heavy teams: Black Cleaver, Phantom Dancer, Gluttonous Greaves, Infinity Edge, Mortal Reminder, and Guardian Angel.

II - Runes for Graves in Wild Rift

1. Keystone Rune - Fleet Footwork: Increases movement speed, health regeneration, and damage for Graves upon reaching 100 stacks, accumulated through movement and basic attacks against enemy champions or minions.

2. Domination Rune - Brutal: Grants Graves 7 AD and 2% armor penetration for a fierce damage output from the get-go.

3. Resolve Rune - Spirit Walker: Offers Graves an extra 50 HP and a 20% increase in slow resist, enhancing his survivability.

4. Inspiration Rune - Mastermind: As a jungler targeting objectives, Mastermind boosts Graves with 10% true damage against Turrets and monsters, plus a bonus of 100 gold and 500 experience for objective control.

III - Summoner Spells for Graves in Wild Rift

1. Smite: Essential for any jungler including Graves, for quick monster kills. Smite comes in two types:

- Challenging Smite: Reduces damage from targets.
- Chilling Smite: Slows down targets.

2. Flash: A must-have for chase or escape, despite its 150-second cooldown.

IV - Graves' Skill Set and Combos in Wild Rift

1. Graves' Skill Set

* 2. Graves' Combos

Graves doesn't rely on a fixed set of moves; you're free to unleash his abilities as the situation demands. For ganking, consider this effective sequence:

* Deploy Smoke Screen (2) > Basic Attack > Quickdraw (3) > End of the Line (1) > Basic Attack

* Gameplay Strategies for Graves in Wild Rift

- Always lead with a basic attack before using skill 3 to triple-hit your target. Use your ultimate to finish off low-HP enemies attempting to escape, thanks to its long-range capability.

Graves is a popular pick for the jungle or Baron lane, primarily because of his significant physical damage as a marksman. With the build guide above, he can easily take down enemies with his shotgun.

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